Announcing our new Transition Minister

Introducing Rev Gayle Taylor

Transition Minister

Reverend Gayle Taylor

Gayle is currently Associate Minister at Colinton Parish with responsibility for building community engagement with a focus on children and youth.  She started with them in 2009.  From 2017 Gayle was  part-time at Colinton and alongside that was involved  three days a week in developing a new bereavement service based at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow for parents who have lost a child or a baby.

 From 1999 to 2009 Minister she was parish minister at Bishopton Parish Church in Glasgow, so has a wide range of experience to bring to the parish at Newbattle.

Gayle will start at Newbattle at the beginning of September, with a service of Introduction being organised by Presbytery for Thursday 12th September at Newbattle Church at 7 p.m